PREDOMINANCY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

predominancy

noun

pri-ˈdä-mə-nən(t)-sē

Definition of predominancy

as in domination

controlling power or influence over others Asia's long rise to predominancy in high-tech manufacturing

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Noun

This was the Blond Ambition summer on the small screen — a wave of platinum domination entirely unrelated to the release of a new Madonna album.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
For the Muslim-majority regions that had once seen themselves as centers of learning and power, European domination over parts of Asia – including South Asia and Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East – was seen as humiliating.

— Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of domination

Noun

When Heilmann arrived in New York in 1968, minimalism, post-minimalism, and Conceptual art were turning the city into one enormous male dominion.

— Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
The mandate was awarded to Great Britain but was to be exercised by South Africa (then a dominion within the British Empire).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of dominion

Noun

Within the music industry, Knight's Death Row Records and Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records vied for market share, publicity, and supremacy in the hip-hop world.

— Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
While the reform and opening-up era brought some efforts to distinguish the roles of the party and the state, Xi has extended the party’s supremacy across all areas of society.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of supremacy

Noun

Regional conflicts disrupt stability, while economic security and technological sovereignty take on greater weight relative to the interconnectedness that characterized previous decades of globalization.

— Armand Arton, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
To deter China from threatening its sovereignty, Taiwan could restrict its critical semiconductor industry.

— Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of sovereignty

Noun

This coming season sees City with a new manager in Enzo Maresca, who has big shoes to fill given Guardiola’s immensely successful 10-season reign before stepping away in late May.

— Andrew McNicol, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
America’s reign of corporate anonymity was finally coming to an end.

— Casey Michel, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

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